10 results returned for search: "" category ("Environment" AND "News") author Scott Neil
Youngsters at Victor Scott Primary are making a big difference by finding ways to reduce the amount of trash being thrown out, and switching off lights and air conditioning when rooms are not in use to save electricity.
“We’re using 1,000 kilowatts p...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Lower electricity bills, less trash being thrown out and the school’s garden benefiting from plentiful rich compost are some of the tangible results West Pembroke Primary is reaping thanks to a proactive green initiative that started at the end of la...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A highly-regarded environmental programme that has been introduced to millions of schoolchildren around the world is set to be rolled out across Bermuda.
Two of the Island’s primary schools were given a first taste of what the UN-recognised Eco Schoo...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A United Nations-recognised programme to empower students to find ways to make the world more sustainable through action-led learning has been embraced by two Island schools.
Victor Scott and West Pembroke primary schools are leading the way as the ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A large osprey was kept company by a smaller gull as it hunted for fish off the North Shore in Hamilton Parish yesterday morning.
The bird of prey, a migratory visitor to the Island, feeds almost exclusively on fish and is an impressive hunter. With ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermuda’s intrepid green turtle ‘Tucker’ has reached the Bahamas after an epic 1,000-mile swim that included a head-on encounter with Hurricane Sandy.
The turtle was one of five caught in the ocean around Bermuda and fitted with GPS tracking tags bef...
DATE: Nov 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A pelican has been spotted hunting for fish near Coney Island in Hamilton Parish.
The immature brown pelican, a rare visitor to Bermuda, may have been blown off course by Hurricane Sandy two weeks ago.
Although still young, the bird is around four fe...
DATE: Nov 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Swimming around Bermuda wasn’t enough for one of the five tagged turtles in the ‘Tour De Turtles’ research programme — instead it has embarked on an epic swim to Florida.
Intrepid turtle ‘Tucker’ has so far swum almost 400 miles further than any of t...
DATE: Oct 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
School children on the Island could soon benefit from the launch of six environmental documentary DVDs filmed in Bermuda.
The documentaries, four of which have previously featured in an abridged mini-series on Discovery Channel Canada, were created b...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A NASA structure that played a role in tracking space missions from the 1960s until the 1990s is getting a new lease of life as a place where wonders much closer to home can be viewed.
The artefact is a small and unusual landmark in the traffic-free ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil